Henri Courtine
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Born | (1930-05-11)11 May 1930 Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 February 2021(2021-02-20) (aged 90) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Division(s) | half-lightweight (60–66 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 11 February 2014 |
Henri Courtine (11 May 1930 – 20 February 2021) was a French judoka.
Career
He studied with Mikinosuke Kawaishi, and his assistant, Shozo Awazu. He received a bronze medal at the 1956 World Judo Championships in Tokyo, shared with Anton Geesink, after losing the semi-final to winner Shokichi Natsui.[1] He was three times individual European champion (1952, 1958 and 1959), and four times with the French team (1952, 1954, 1955 and 1956). He served as sports director of the International Judo Federation (IJF) from 1979 to 1987.
Henri Courtine was honored with the title jūdan (10th dan) in 2007, as the first ever French judoka.[2] This title however is not officially recognized by the Kodokan.
Courtine died on 20 February 2021, aged 90.[3]
References
External links
- Henri Courtine at JudoInside.com
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- 1957: Nicola Tempesta
- 1958: Henri Courtine
- 1959: Anton Geesink
- 1960: Anton Geesink
- 1961: Anton Geesink
- 1962: Anton Geesink
- 1963: Anton Geesink
- 1964: Anton Geesink
- 1965: Parnaoz Chikviladze
- 1966: Wim Ruska
- 1967: Wim Ruska
- 1968: Klaus Glahn
- 1969: Wim Ruska
- 1970: Klaus Glahn
- 1971: Wim Ruska
- 1972: Wim Ruska
- 1973: Santiago Ojeda
- 1974: Givi Onashvili
- 1975: Dzhibilo Nizharadze
- 1976: Serhiy Novikov
- 1977: Jean-Luc Rougé
- 1978: Peter Adelaar
- 1979: Jean-Luc Rougé
- 1980: Alexey Tyurin
- 1981: Grigory Verichev
- 1982: Henry Stöhr
- 1983: Khabil Biktashev
- 1984: Alexander von der Groeben
- 1985: Grigory Verichev
- 1986: Willy Wilhelm
- 1987: Mihai Cioc
- 1988: Grigory Verichev
- 1989: Rafał Kubacki
- 1990: Sergei Kosorotov
- 1991: Henry Stöhr
- 1992: Frank Möller
- 1993: David Khakhaleishvili
- 1994: David Douillet
- 1995: Sergei Kosorotov
- 1996: David Khakhaleishvili
- 1997: Selim Tataroğlu
- 1998: Tamerlan Tmenov
- 1999: Tamerlan Tmenov
- 2000: Dennis van der Geest
- 2001: Tamerlan Tmenov
- 2002: Tamerlan Tmenov
- 2003: Tamerlan Tmenov
- 2004: Selim Tataroğlu
- 2005: Alexander Mikhaylin
- 2006: Andreas Tölzer
- 2007: Teddy Riner
- 2008: Tamerlan Tmenov
- 2009: Martin Padar
- 2010: Ihar Makarau
- 2011: Teddy Riner
- 2012: Alexander Mikhaylin
- 2013: Teddy Riner
- 2014: Teddy Riner
- 2015: Adam Okruashvili
- 2016: Teddy Riner
- 2017: Guram Tushishvili
- 2018: Lukáš Krpálek
- 2019: Guram Tushishvili
- 2020: Tamerlan Bashaev
- 2021: Inal Tasoev
- 2022: Jur Spijkers
- 2023: Martti Puumalainen
- 2024: Inal Tasoev
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